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December02,
2016

Vertical Village is installed at Rotterdamse Schouwburg until 22 January 2017 after touring internationally to venues including Taipei, Seoul, Sao Paulo, Hamburg, Helsinki and most recently, Vilnius.Vertical Village explores alternatives to the rapid urban transformation in ...

December01,
2016

Y house is a single family residence for those wishing to spend their weekends in this futuristic space, on the top of Y-shaped floors and who enjoy cooking in the open kitchen. The villa’s living space is on a semi-floating deck with seats forming part of a sloped wall tha...

November21,
2016

Last week, MVRDV's Crystal Houses won the category award for Shopping- Completed Buildings at the Word Architecture Festival held in Berlin. World Architecture Festival is a three-day event held annually for architects and interior design professionals. It is the only ...

November17,
2016

To us, there is a time before Dezeen and after Dezeen. This incredible endless online stream of the latest designs, the global reach, the fast pace, the raw comments. It was a revolution in architecture media that took place ten years ago.In a changing media landscape, withi...

November11,
2016

This week, MVRDV's Crystal Houses won the Glass Innovation Award 2016! The flagship store located at the exclusive P.C. Hooftstraat shopping street in Amsterdam, won this award for its glass bricks which form almost the entire facade of the building. The jury was impressed b...

November10,
2016

Jacob van Rijs is officially announced as the new chairman of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam. On Wednesday October 26, 2016, the AFFR Foundation installed its new board. After years of great commitment and diligent hard work to successfully broaden and deepen the s...

November07,
2016

This afternoon, Markthal was announced as the winner of the FGH Real Estate Award 2016.The award began in 1989 and is a recognition for promoters involved in the realisation of real estate projects of vision and entrepreneurship.The independent jury headed by the Utrecht May...

October31,
2016

MVRDV's Crystal Houses won the Public Award for 'best product' at this weekend's Dutch Design Awards.We are delighted to have received such enthusiasm and thank everyone who voted.Click here for more information.

October21,
2016

The city of Rennes, led by Mayor Nathalie Appéré announced today the team of MVRDV, ALL and Giboire winners the competition for the project Ilot de l’Octroi. This new residential development is part of the Rennes 2030 urban project and will transform Octroi in...

October10,
2016

Shenzhen Nanshan Government announced MVRDV together with Zhubo Architecture Design have won the architectural competition for the Xili Sports and Cultural Centre, a project seeking to transform the lives of the different generations of people living nearby, through offering a mo...

October06,
2016

MVRDV's glass bricks in Crystal Houses have been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 'Best Product Award'!The Dutch Design Awards (DDA), are a highlight during the annual Dutch Design Week and awards the very best of Dutch design in different categories.&nbs...

October04,
2016

MVRDV and BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group are finalists competing to build S.Pellegrino’s new home on the site of its original plant in northern Italy.On September 15, four of the most distinguished global architectural firms unveiled their projects and visions in San ...

October03,
2016

Last weekend, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and MVRDV's team were in South Korea as part of a visit organised by the Dutch Trade Mission. Apart from stimulating business opportunities, the Dutch Prime Minister and the Mayor of Seoul were involved in promoting public space and usage.W...

September16,
2016

Earlier today, four of the world's leading architecture firms including MVRDV presented projects for the building of a new office for S.Pellegrino, at the site of the original factory in northern Italy.The natural mineral water has been bottled in S. Pellegrino Terme since 1...

September15,
2016

The exhibition MAATWERK MASSARBEIT. Custom Made Architecture from Flanders and the Netherlands opens on 7 October 2016 at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt.A selection of approximately sixty architectural models places the emphasis on tailored work, precision ...

September14,
2016

MVRDV has contributed to the exhibition Rethinking Space: Voyage of Imagination at MMCA, Gwacheon in response to their invitation asking thirty architectural firms to design special projects related to the changing role of art museums.The participating architects were asked to ne...

September13,
2016

Hamburg construction company HC Hageman announced today that MVRDV has won the masterplan competition of Hamburg Innovation Port, a new 70,000m2 development in Channel Hamburg, the Hanse City’s southern high-tech hub. The project connects existing port typologies with urban...

September02,
2016

Today Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will open the Ku.Be House of Culture and Movement, an activity hub in Frederiksberg, Denmark, which explores the boundaries between culture, health and movement. The project, designed by MVRDV and ADEPT, is the first of its typology; a commu...

August23,
2016

Not long ago Winy Maas gave a talk a the 'Architecture: Change of Climate' international congress in Pamplona, an event which also hosted OMA's Rem Koolhaas and BIG's Bjarke Ingels.The congress discussed 'climate change' in architecture, which is today facing a profound...

August10,
2016

On the 19th August CNN will broadcast for the Seoul Skygarden as part of their Innovative Cities series. Including interviews with MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas, the episode will explore how the Seoul Skygarden came about and how it will revolutionise the city.Following th...

July28,
2016

The design for MVRDV’s Public Art Depot for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam has been given the green light. Since the municipality of Rotterdam concluded a majority vote for the project back in November, MVRDV has been working closely with members of the communit...

July20,
2016

MVRDV have designed Paradise City, a 9,800m2 entertainment plaza which sits within a larger tourist hub just 10 minutes from Incheon Airport in Seoul. Two buildings shape a retail complex and a nightclub within fluid, yet monolithic, forms. Each of the buildings takes its profile...

July18,
2016

MVRDV has moved into the MVRDV House, their new offices in central Rotterdam, marking a new chapter for the expanding architectural practice. The new location, in the iconic post-war monument Het Industriegebouw, is situated in the heart of Rotterdam’s city centre and is mo...

July18,
2016

In the obsessive spirit of Neufert’s Architect’s Data, this research project is a practical guide to the nuts and bolts of everyday leisure: the ABC to how society spends its ‘free time’.There are more ways of having fun than we can count; Absolute Leisure...

July15,
2016

MVRDV’s founding partner and architect/urban planner Jacob van Rijs has been appointed as chairman of the Archiprix. From the 1st of June 2016 he replaced Madeleine Maaskant.‘We are very happy with Jacob van Rijs as our new chairman. His international experience and o...

June28,
2016

MVRDV’s Seoul Skygarden has begun to take life with an 18 metre mock-up of the project having been built as an information booth to the project. Three street lamps, 10 plant pot variations and a visitor's centre showing 3D animations of the project have been erected to...

June27,
2016

MVRDV showed off their sporting prowess once again in a multi-disciplinary softball competition in Braaschaat, Belgium. Having been winners of the competition two years ago MVRDV took this year’s team to the tournament garbed in MVRDV baseball caps and putting the full team...

June22,
2016

MVRDV are nearing the completion of a library in Tianjin, China. The 34,200 m2 building forms part of the new Binhai Cultural Centre, the masterplan of which was designed by German architects GMP, and joins four other buildings through a series of ‘cultural corridors’...

June20,
2016

MVRDV's project Baltyk Tower has topped out, marking a huge milestone in the company's first built project in Poland. The 25,000 square metre tower in Poznań will include a mixed programme of retail, offices and hotel and is envisaged to be completed in mid-2017.The project, whic...

June03,
2016

MVRDV have opened the 133 Wai Yip Street in Hong Kong. An office transformation, with retail and restaurants, which strips an old industrial building down to its bare bones and uses only glass with stainless steel infill to build up the interior spaces. The 18.000m2 project...

May26,
2016

Yesterday saw the 100,000th visitor to The Stairs, MVRDV's temporary installation in Rotterdam which celebrates the reconstruction of the city. The lucky visitor was congratulated by Councillor Adriaan Visser and received champagne and a bouquet of flowers, as well as a night for...

May25,
2016

As part of a satellite event for the Venice Biennale MVRDV have designed a fully transparent kitchen. The installation is part of the Kitchen Home Project which looks to explore the future of the living and the home environment, the project was initiated by Weng Ling of the...

May19,
2016

MVRDV’s The Couch has won the BNA building of the year category ‘Identity and Iconic Value’. The award ceremony which took place today celebrated over 120 entries of this year’s Dutch architecture. Competing against The Couch in the same category were mei ...

May17,
2016

Yesterday the Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, opened The Stairs to commemorate 75 years of the reconstruction of Rotterdam. 180 steps leading up from the Stationsplein, outside Rotterdam Central Station, have begun taking visitors up to the rooftop of the Groot Handelsgebouw...

May13,
2016

The Markthal has been nominated for the Golden Pyramid, a state prize for excellence in commissioning work in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, infrastructure and physical planning. The prize is awarded to projects which 'illustrate the inspirational role that c...

May03,
2016

MVRDV’s design for the Cultural Cluster in Zaandstad has been given the green light by the municipality, allowing the project to push forwards into the next stage of design. The building, having completed the preliminary design phase, is now at a point where the programme a...

May02,
2016

Glasgow City Council have appointed a team led by MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord, supported by Space Syntax and a multidisciplinary team, to embark on the design of District Regeneration Frameworks for four districts of Glasgow City Centre. These Regeneration Frameworks will look to...

April29,
2016

Today Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark opened Ragnarock, MVRDV and COBE’s new rock music museum in Roskilde, Denmark. The museum, with its striking gold studded façade and daring cantilevered auditorium, has opened its doors to offer visitors a fully immersive rock e...

April26,
2016

Last week the International Book Fair of Bogotá (FILBO) opened its doors to the public, unveiling MVRDV’s design for the Hola Holanda exhibition. The Netherlands are this year’s partner country and as such MVRDV designed an exhibition that showcases and ce...

April18,
2016

MVRDV's Jacob van Rijs, Jan Knikker, Chloé Eynard and Luca Moscelli will be giving a series of lectures throughout Bogotá, Colombia. The lectures will cover all aspects of the company, from how MVRDV approaches contextualism in their designs, their strategies of bra...

April14,
2016

MVRDV, in partnership with housing developers Traumhaus, offer a response to the current state of modern day suburbia and the village as part of the redevelopment of former US Army barracks in Mannheim, Germany. MVRDV won the competition for the 27.000m2 residential project break...

April14,
2016

Now is the chance for you and nine friends to get a private tour of the Markthal by MVRDV Founding Partner Winy Maas. Bidding has opened for the Van Alen Institute’s Art + Design Auction which is offering a series of experiences with iconic artists, designers and architects...

April12,
2016

Today the founding partners of MVRDV, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, announce an update of the management structure to accommodate the growth and optimise the efficiency of the globally operating architecture and urbanism practice. The now 140 staff office with ...

April12,
2016

Frans de Witte (Rotterdam, 1973) joined MVRDV in 1996, before joining the company he briefly worked at JP van Eesteren contractors. He is currently leading projects in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and the USA, among which the 110.000 m2 renovation of the Parisian Le Gaite...

April12,
2016

Jeroen Zuidgeest (Monster, 1978) joined MVRDV in 1999 and divides his activities between urbanism and architecture. He is currently overseeing large scale urban planning operations in the Netherlands, France, Germany and other places. In architecture Jeroen has become a specialis...

April12,
2016

Fokke Moerel (Breda, 1970) joined MVRDV in 1998, before joining the company she worked for OMA. She leads projects in the Netherlands, Eastern Europe, the Americas and the rest of Europe. She frequently teaches and has been a tutor at the Royal Academy for the Arts in The Hague, ...

April12,
2016

Wenchian Shi (Shanghai 1975) joined MVRDV in 2004. Before joining the company she worked at OMA in the concept phase of CCTV and worked at Kuiper Compagnons. Wenchian leads MVRDV’s Asian projects, with a focus on works in China and Singapore. She has worked on projects such...

April12,
2016

Jan Knikker (Bad Soden Ts 1972) joined MVRDV in 2008, starting his career as a journalist he then shaped the public image of OMA for nearly a decade. At MVRDV Jan leads the Business Development and Public Relations efforts, forming a client oriented, fast and strategic department...

April12,
2016

Stefan de Koning (Amsterdam 1975) joined MVRDV in 2001 and has realised projects such as the Gyre in Tokyo, the Barcode House, the bridges of Leiria and the Cancer Centre in Amsterdam. With his conceptual talents he has been able to win many international competitions and pitches...

April12,
2016

Bertrand Schippan (Dunkerque 1981) joined MVRDV in 2006. Before joining the company he worked at Ateliers Jean Nouvel and West8. Bertrand is now appointed leader of the French Department, which includes most French projects and leading the Paris office. At MVRDV he is currently l...

April12,
2016

Business Controller Olaf van den Broek (Leimuiden 1973) is the latest addition to MVRDV’s management team, he joined the company last year. As Head of the Department Office Support which includes finances, recruitment, HR, legal and office management he can lean on his exte...

April12,
2016

Also part of MVRDV’s management is Marta Pozo Gil, (Valencia 1973), director of MVRDV Asia in Shanghai. Marta joined MVRDV in 2007, after having worked with Paenutz Architekten in Berlin. Since 2014 Marta has led MVRDV Asia , expanding the firm’s profile in the Asian ...

April08,
2016

Learn more about the development and architecture of Rotterdam from the people who designed it. A three day course organised by International Course - Rotterdam Architecture gives you the opportunity to take part in workshops, presentations and debates, and to go b...

April07,
2016

From mid-May to mid-June, Rotterdam is set to host a temporary new eye-catcher: a giant staircase with 180 steps leading from Stationsplein, outside Rotterdam Central Station’s entrance, to the top of the Groot Handelsgebouw, an iconic building in the city’s history. ...

March31,
2016

It is with deep sadness that we heard the news about the death of Zaha Hadid, an architect who had such a profound effect in our field. She was the swoosh of architecture, a role model for generations of architects, a unique designer whose unprecedented influences stretched right...

March30,
2016

The Couch, MVRDV’s tennis clubhouse in IJburg, has been nominated for the BNA Building of the Year Award and has made it into the final three buildings in the category ‘Identity and Iconic Value’. The building was opened in October 2015 and not only serves as a ...

March23,
2016

MVRDV, in collaboration with local architects BCVA, created the “Papirøen” proposal with the aim of further developing the identity of one of the main hotspots in Copenhagen, Denmark. The competition was ultimately won by our friends at COBE. The artificial Pap...

March11,
2016

Winy Maas had the honour of meeting Queen Maxima of the Netherlands in Paris, where she was introduced to our project, the Pushed Slab. The King and Queen were visiting as part of a Dutch economic mission to France.The mission was lead by Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Deve...

March04,
2016

The Why Factory is seeking for an intern to join the team at the TU Delft.Applicants should be able to provide proven proficiency in English. Required skills include Abode Creative Suite, Rhinoceros 3D and Filemaker. Writing skills and interest in research and social media are a ...

March01,
2016

Last february 28 an interview with Nathalie de Vries was published on the Dutch Architectenweb. In the interview, consisting of two parts, Nathalie talks about the transition of the architecture industry and her work as chairman of the BNA.Due to the crisis, the field of architec...

February29,
2016

Today Gérard Collomb, the Mayor of Lyon, officially announced MVRDV’s transformation of Lyon’s large Part-Dieu shopping centre, the centre piece in a major renovation which includes the surrounding district. The scheme looks to redefine the area’s public ...

February17,
2016

Exterior construction has almost been completed on MVRDV’s shopping centre, the Chongwenmen M-Cube which sits in the heart of Beijing, just moments from the Forbidden City. The project, designed with KWG Property, a Guangzhou based real estate corporation, consists of a sin...

February09,
2016

La Grande Mosaïque, MVRDV’s project in Caen, France,has been in development for two years and has already seen a series of projects under construction within the masterplan, with many more breaking ground in the comingyears. The 600 hectare masterplan tackles the probl...

February09,
2016

February01,
2016

MVRDV's Markthal in Rotterdam received the German Council of Shopping Centres (GCSC) award for European Innovation. The award, now in its fourth year, was given for the building's multifunctional benefits as well as the inspiring artistic design. The panel stressed the importance...

January19,
2016

Construction has begun on the infrastructure for MVRDV’s masterplan for the Almere Floriade 2022. The extensive plan involves major road restructuring and the implementation of new public transport routes, as well as the construction of several overpasses to improve connect...

January15,
2016

850.000m2 on site, almost 5.000 hectare of urban planning under construction and a growth from 60 to 120 staff. 2015 has been a wonderful year for MVRDV. 2016 will bring new excitement, MVRDV will move offices in summer and complete a number of buildings in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, ...

December22,
2015

Its been a great year for MVRDV, many new colleagues joined us and we entered exciting new projects whilst ongoing work came off the ground. On a more global scale there is a start for a policy against climate change, amidst all the drama last year brought this means that there i...

December17,
2015

On Wednesday evening in the City Hall, the Markthal won the Rotterdam Architecture Award 2015. As part of a three year cycle, which also includes transformations and commercial buildings, this years prize had a particular focus on housing.The jury decided that the Markthal, which...

December15,
2015

As of midnight on Sunday in Seoul, South Korea, the Seoul Station Overpass was closed to begin work on MVRDV’s Seoul Skygarden project. The overpass, which was previously closed off to heavy vehicles due to structural stability issues, is due to enter the initial demo...

December14,
2015

This week MVRDV is pleased to announce that three members of our team, Marie Saladin, Andrea Anselmo and Karolina Szóstkiewicz have taken part, and won, major design competitions across Europe. Both Marie and Andrea were part of separate teams that took part in the Dutch a...

December11,
2015

As it is decision time in Paris we’d like to discuss our part in tackling climate change, considering the construction industry and the built environment have been highlighted as being the source of an estimated third of global CO2 emissions. MVRDV have always considered su...

December02,
2015

New photos of MVRDVs Baltyk Tower in Poznań, Poland, show the most recent progress made by construction teams on site. The design of the building follows the maximum volume and height restriction of the site. This results in a form which appears completely different dependin...

November30,
2015

The Markthal subterranean car park has been awarded the European Standard Parking Award (ESPA): Gold Award. The prize is given to parking facilities of an exceptionally high quality and aims to set the standard for car parks throughout Europe. The standard ESPA award had been giv...

November25,
2015

The DNB headquarters in Norway have won the Norwegian Steel Construction Prize 2015. The prize, awarded every two years, aims to encourage the use of steel and encourage new ideas and inspiring solutions within Norwegian architecture. The award is given to a steel structure based...

November24,
2015

Nathalie de Vries has joined the design panel tasked to advise on the development of the UK's High-Speed 2 rail line. The advisary panel is headed by dRMM's Sadie Morgan who has recently become the only creative professional on the British government's National Infrastructure Com...

November23,
2015

De Wereld van Smaak - The World of Taste - is the culinary heart of the Market Hall in Rotterdam. A place where young and old, business and private, "foodies" and people who just love good food, meet. Whether at the cooking workshop or at the bar, on the terrace or in the "Pepper...

November17,
2015

To our great horror and shock we received the terrible news that The Why Factory alumna Emilie Meaud (29) died in the Paris attacks of last Friday. She finished her master in Architecture at TU-Delft in 2012 and worked at the Agence Chartier-Dalix. She was killed alongside her tw...

November16,
2015

Is the end of brick and mortar near? How could nanotechnology change buildings and cities in the future? A speculation of The Why Factory on this topic is illustrated in the best tradition of science fiction in the newly published book Barba. Life in the Fully Adaptable Environme...

November13,
2015

MVRDV, together with The Urbanist Collaborative and LLJ Architects, has won the competition for the transformation of the T-axis in downtown Tainan, Taiwan. The transformation of the T-axis aims to reconnect the city with nature and its waterfront by creating a lagoon on the site...

November09,
2015

MVRDV's developments in Hongqiao, Shanghai have surfaced on Google maps. As well as the Flower Building's green roof, which contributed to the building's three star 'Green Building Label', users can also find the Hongqiao CBD masterplan just to the south. The newly released satel...

November06,
2015

Today the City Council of Rotterdam has given the go-ahead for the realisation of Collectiegebouw, the public depot building for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, at the envisioned location in Rotterdam’s Museumpark. With the art depot, which will be open to the public, Rotter...

October30,
2015

The Next Hutong by MVRDV presents an in-depth research into the question of how to regenerate the remaining hutong areas of Beijing without relinquishing their specific character, creating a sustainable economy within the existing urban structure.A careful redevelopment...

October26,
2015

After selling out the First Edition of MVRDV Buildings in just 24 months, MVRDV and nai010 publishers have released an updated Second Edition of the book which now includes recently completed projects such as Markthal, Pushed Slab, and the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. In cooperatio...

October23,
2015

MVRDV and Het Nieuwe Instituut signed a contract last night outlining the process of transferring the archive of MVRDV’s early work, spanning the 15 years from 1993 to 2008. Also included was a declaration of intent to transfer more recent projects to the museum’s arc...

October19,
2015

“So what’s next? A completely transparent wall? An entire facade that is there, but can almost not be seen? A fully invisible building, unobtrusively occupying space whilst still fulfilling its primary functions? Can we push this disappearing act until only the memory...

October15,
2015

The first building in MVRDV’s sustainable masterplan, a flower shaped landmark offering 15.000 m2 of Grade A offices, combines a strong identity with rental flexibility. The 45,000 m2 plot on the edge of Shanghai’s Honqiao airport will include a total of 9 further MVR...

October14,
2015

The Couch has been completed, a new club house for the young tennis club, which was founded in 2008 on a new artificial island in the east of Amsterdam. The roof of the 322m club house, designed by MVRDV, is folded upwards and downwards to act as an informal spectator tribune for...

October12,
2015

Job description - Coordinator (0,4 fte)As coordinator, you stand at the centre of the Why Factory. You have supervision over all activities of the Why Factory (teaching, research, publications) and coordinate these with Prof. Winy Maas and the Faculty of Architecture. Y...

October09,
2015

The 11.000 m2 artwork covering the ceiling of Markthal, which was created by Rotterdam artists Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam, has been nominated for a Dutch Design Award in the 'Habitat' category. The artwork, entitled 'The Horn of Plenty', is also featured on the cover of the Dutc...

October08,
2015

MVRDV and OVG Real Estate have been selected by the municipality of Amsterdam for the development of the P15 Ravel plot in the Zuidas Business District. The competition, which began in the spring of 2015, is located on Beethoven Street, adjacent to the ABN AMRO headquarters besid...

October08,
2015

A specially designed pavilion in the Lodz Design Week has given visitors the opportunity to see a real life MVRDV Instagram exhibition. Accompanying a model of the local project, Bałtyk, a selection of images showcase various projects around the world from the point of view of th...

October06,
2015

The Berlage is now accepting applications for their fall 2015 design master class led by MVRDV’s Nathalie de Vries. The event gives students, professionals and post-master’s-level students a chance to work alongside world-renowned architects, designers and academics i...

October06,
2015

The Aarhus School of Architecture first opened its doors to students in the beginning of October 1965. Since then the school has prided itself in becoming an alternative place for architectural education. 50 years later the institute is celebrating its anniversary with a series o...

October01,
2015

Today marks the first anniversary of the Markthal's opening. Exactly one year ago today, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands opened the building to enormous crowds of onlookers. In the first week alone, 350.000 people visited the Markthal, and now, one year later, the building has re...

October01,
2015

The Markthal’s Time Stair museum has been nominated for the Dutch Public Archaeology Prize 2015. Sponsored by the National Office of Cultural Heritage, it is to be awarded to the public initiative which best engages the residents of Rotterdam with the history of the city.Th...

September29,
2015

The Next Hutong research is on display at the Nurturing House, as part of Beijing Design Week, while MVRDV’s installation The Collective Hutong is on display as part of the Dashilar Pilot projects. MVRDV’s The Next Hutong is a conceptual proposal for the future develo...

September22,
2015

The main ambition for the House of Culture and Movement is to offer the Flintholm neighborhood a dynamic meeting point for people of all ages taking part in a wide range of activities. Health, culture, leisure and education should smoothly blend together to create a spectacular a...

September21,
2015

Markthal has been named the winner of the winner of the NRW Year Award. The jury sees in the Market Hall as a potential icon the retail real estate sector for its success in regenerating the surrounding Laurenskwartier and bringing visitors there from around the Netherlands and i...

September14,
2015

MVRDV beat out teams from firms including OMA, Mecanoo, Powerhouse Company and West 8 among others to take the final trophy in the annual competition on Saturday, September 12th. Each year, the losing team commits to hosting the event the following year. MVRDV last won the tourna...

September10,
2015

A letter written to the Mayor of Schijndel by Winy Maas as a student, which eventually lead to the realisation of MVRDV's Glass Farm in the town in the province of Brabant, has been set in stone. On the last Sunday of August in 1980, a fair was held in Schijndel's main square, wh...

September02,
2015

What started as a radical urban vision for the densification of the East Asian Metropolis has now turned into an iconic series of furniture, bringing vision and innovation to your home. The pieces are available in a wide variety of shapes and colours – allowing you to tailo...

July17,
2015

The film series, which is currently being released on a weekly basis, shows each building in use, and includes interviews with users of the building on their impressions and experiences of the project, and with MVRDV's directors on their inspirations and intents for the design. Y...

July07,
2015

The city council of Almere took the final decision to organise the Floriade 2022. The prestigious world horticultural expo takes place once every ten years in the Netherlands. The MVRDV plan for Almere is not a temporary expo site but a lasting green Cité Id&ea...

June30,
2015

MVRDV was selected in a competition to propose a future vision for the development of Oslo's government quarter, which suffered a tragic terrorist attack in 2011. The proposal was considered the best option by the jury, receiving praise for its low-rise development approach in co...

June12,
2015

The municipality of Zaanstad in the Netherlands announced today that MVRDV has been selected as the winner of the competition for the new Cultural Cluster in the city of Zaanstad. The new building will neighbour the city's main train station, city hall and the famous Inntel Hotel...

June01,
2015

MVRDV is currently looking to fill a large number of full-time positions in its Rotterdam office immediately due to an expanding portfolio, which include:1 Dutch-speaking Personal Assistant with 5+ years of experience1 Junior Architect with 1-3 years of experience1 Dutch-speaking...

May28,
2015

The Markthal's cablenet facade, designed by MVRDV in collaboration with specialist contractors Octatube, has received the Benelux Trophy for Thermally Galvanised Steel 2015, in the category Characteristic Steel Elements. The biennial trophy, which celebrates innovation in the gal...

May21,
2015

"The quality, diversity and creativity of the participating teams and their proposals are very impressive,” said URA chief executive Ng Lang, who is chairperson for the evaluation panel.A total of 64 teams had responded to the Government's call for ideas on revamping the Ra...

May13,
2015

BNA Announcement: The Members' Council of the BNA has elected Nathalie de Vries of MVRDV as the new chair of its board. Nathalie de Vries will take over the position on July 1st from Willem Hein Schenk, architect and partner of architecture firm De Zwarte Hond, which he has held ...

May13,
2015

The Seoul Skygarden, MVRDV’s proposal for the 938 metre long former elevated highway next to Seoul’s Central Station, hopes to build on the city’s ambition to be greener, more attractive and more user-friendly so as to inspire a process of change for the entire ...

April24,
2015

Architect and MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas received the Order of the Dutch Lion in a ceremony this morning. Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb presented Maas with the royal decoration for his exceptional merit and contribution to Dutch architecture and for the Markthal, which was open...

April23,
2015

The jury emphasized the value of the Markthal in contributing to Rotterdam and specifically the Laurens Quarter around it, saying ‘This is much more than a building…the Markthal is the culmination of a long-term operation [displaying] excellent public-private partner...

April22,
2015

The cover, which had remained a secret up until today, was revealed by publisher nai010 in a presentation of the Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook 2014/2015 to mark the launch of the book in Rotterdam. The book, now in its 28th edition, is available in a single English and...

April17,
2015

The City of Rotterdam's Executive Board has given its unanimous support and approval for MVRDV's design of the new Boijmans Collection Building. The new plans for the building include the intention to make it almost entirely accessible to the public, whereas previous plans only a...

April08,
2015

The building has been nominated for the Dutch BNA Best Building of the Year 2015 Award and is one of three now left in its category in the running for the people's choice award as well! Vote for Markthal simply via http://www.gebouwvanhetjaar.nl/stemmen/?id=1003.F...

March16,
2015

MVRDV’s Markthal has been selected for the MIPIM Award 2015 for Best Shopping Centre. MIPIM, the world’s largest real estate and property fair, is held in Cannes in March each year, attracting more than 25.000 people. The prestigious award is chosen based on an equal ...

February23,
2015

The City of Paris has given the green light to MVRDV’s ambitious plan for the restructuring of the mixed-use urban block Vandamme Nord at Gaîté-Montparnasse in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The large building complex, built in the 1970s, comprises a ...

February09,
2015

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte visited the Markthal yesterday, where Michaël van Straaten, chairman of MKB Nederland, presented to him the growth agenda of medium- and small sized businesses.

January29,
2015

Markthal has been selected as the winner of the&nbsp;World Architecture News&nbsp;(WAN) Mixed-Use Award 2014 in the Completed Projects sub-category.&nbsp;The mixed-use award celebrates buildings which are an 'effective and original mix' of two or more functi...

January26,
2015

A video is now available of a lecture Winy Maas recently gave in Scotland&nbsp;on the theme of What Makes a Successful&nbsp;City Region'. The session also featured a panel discussion and was&nbsp;chaired by Kevin Murray, chairman of the Scottish Planning Ski...

January22,
2015

Development Corporation BAI have announced MVRDV as the winner of their competition for a spatially-flexible tower near the world famous&nbsp; Gasometers in Vienna. The tower combines numerous higher floors designed to maximize space and a number of lower floors des...

January15,
2015

The Groninger Museum welcomes the advent of Nathalie de Vries (Appingedam, 1965) to the Supervisory Board and Board member of the Stichting Kunstbezit en Oudheden (Foundation for Art and Antiquities).&nbsp;

January07,
2015

The City of Rotterdam and Rotterdam Partners granted this year’s Marketing Award Rotterdam to Winy Maas and Project Developer Hans Schröder of Provast for their role in creating the ‘new icon of Rotterdam: Markthal’. The award is presented annuall...

December17,
2014

MVRDV’s installation of the Vertical Village now travels to yet another city in which the urban fabric is rapidly changing, proposing an alternative model to common development practices. Having already been displayed in Taipei and Seoul, &nbsp;Shanghai is the...

December17,
2014

Markthal and Glass Farm have been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have selected 420 projects to compete, over 36 countries. ...

November26,
2014

ICADE Promotion Tertiaire and MVRDV have completed the Pushed Slab office building at ZAC Gare de Rungis in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The seven storey building with a surface of 19,000 m² is the first realisation of Paris’ first eco-quarter with a low...

November20,
2014

The Glass Farm in Schijndel has won the biannual Glass Award, granted by the Dutch Glas Branche Organisatie (GBO).&nbsp;The building, designed by MVRDV, was executed by Brakel Atmos with the glass of AGC Flat Glass Netherlands.&nbsp;

November10,
2014

At the beginning of November 2014, The Why Factory's new book 'We Want World Wonders, Building Architectural Myths' has been released. This book, the seventh volume of The Why Factory’s Future Cities series, explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderme...

November04,
2014

The funding for Roskilde Festival Folk High School has been finalised and the detailing phase of the project can now commence. The Roskilde Festival Folk High School’s program will include teaching facilities as well as student housing, workshops and conference fa...

November04,
2014

“Roots Folly”, a multifunctional folly won the 'New Follies on Fraeylema' competition. This design contest was organized by Fraeylemaborg Estate Foundation to create ten follies, also used as an exhibition space, in the Park of the Fraeylemaborg.;

October18,
2014

On the occasion of the 14th edition of the "Days of Oris", a Croatian architectural Symposium held in Zagreb, Winy Maas gave a lecture about MVRDV work and received the "Oris Tehnoplast Award for an outstanding contribution to Architecture"

October15,
2014

MVRDV and morePlatz were chosen winner of the international competition for two office buildings with a total surface of 12,000 m² pioneering the transformation of Mainz’ former harbour Zollhafen. The ensemble consists of an elongated block of five storeys an...

October01,
2014

Today Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opens Markthal Rotterdam, a project by developer Provast. Markthal is the first covered food market of the Netherlands, drawing inspiration from food markets in Stockholm, Barcelona and Valencia. The roof of the market hall is ...

September10,
2014

July28,
2014

‘Evolutionary City’entitles the third monographic issue of MVRDV in the El Croquis series whichhas been released today. Following ‘Stacking and Layering’ (2002) and‘Artificial Ecologies’ (1998), this third issue #173 focusses on 22 wo...

July15,
2014

MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas has been selected as the curator for the Strelka Institute’s 2014-2015 academic year. Maas also lectures and teaches all over the world, most recently serving as a visiting professor of architectural design at the ETH and as a professor ...

July02,
2014

Today MVRDV has received the 'Financially Healthy Award 2014', issued by credit rating corporation Graydon for being at the top of the financially healthy businesses in its sector. The awards states that it is safe to do business with MVRDV. This comes at a moment when ...

July01,
2014

Glass Farm one of four finalists for Brabant Style Award (Brabantse Stijlprijs). The jury praised its daring architecture and the great public space around the building. September 15th the winner will be announced by the Province of North Brabant.&nbsp;

June30,
2014

Today the Danish Rock Museum, MVRDV and COBE together with Wessberg engineers and LIWplanning start construction of the new home for the Danish Rock Museum in Roskilde. The museum, which offers visitors an adventurous rock music experience, will open its doors in 2015. ...

June26,
2014

Congratulations to Arjen Ketting who has received his Breeam 'diploma'. He is the second official Breeam expert at MVRDV, after Marta Pozo Gil (BREEAM and LEED assessor), who is currently director of MVRDV's Asian office in Shanghai.&nbsp;

June12,
2014

MVRDV completed its transformation of the entrance of Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. The museum for modern art, which is housed in a historical building transformed its central neoclassical chapel into an entrance, shop and café area. The transformation adds a visually...

May07,
2014

MVRDV has been commissioned by Young Woo &amp; Associates to redesign PH1, a 3598 square foot penthouse in an exclusive building in New York's West Chelsea district. The 3 bedroom duplex features 80 feet frontage over the Hudson River, 668 square feet exterior space...

April28,
2014

Moscow Chief Architect Sergei Kuznetsov announced MVRDV as the highest scoring finalist in the competition for a refurbishment of the legendary Serp &amp; Molot (Hammer &amp; Sickle) factory, located East of Moscow’s centre. MVRDV designed an urban concept...

April22,
2014

“Why did they do this?” is a question often heard after the completion of a building. MVRDV has completed over the last years buildings that are the result of years of work, negotiations and development process. The Glass Farm, is the second book in a series...

April08,
2014

MVRDV, Sixinch and Interni exhibit the Vertical Village Sculpture at this years Salone in Milan in the context of the Interni event 'Feeding Idea's for the City" . The installation consists of 77 coated foam cushions by which different compositions can be construct...

April07,
2014

MVRDV and Belgian furniture label Sixinch have launched a furniture collection. A series of colourful, playful and enjoyable coated foam ‘houses’ which are a result of the Vertical Village research conducted by MVRDV. Initially designed as sculpture pieces, ...

April01,
2014

Wake Up In It is an initiative connected to festivals in Rotterdam, for each festival they match guests and participants. For North Sea Jazz visitors can book a night in the house of Jazz musicians. For the IABR (28 May to August 24th) the initiative offers nights in th...

March31,
2014

March25,
2014

GAW Capital and MVRDV have started construction on the Cheung Fai building in Hong Kong which transforms a former warehouse into offices for creative companies. &nbsp;The building with a&nbsp;surface of 18.000 m² is situated at Kwun Tong waterfront in Hong ...

March17,
2014

March13,
2014

MVRDV has donated the original Unterföhring Park Village &nbsp;competition model ‘Interior City’ from 1999 with a value of € 20,000 &nbsp;to the architecture museum of TU Munich at the Pinakothek der Moderne forming part of one of the larg...

March09,
2014

Today the city of Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and MVRDV present the design for the new Collection Building. The building with a surface of 15.000m2 is an open art depot featuring exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant. The public can see...

February21,
2014

MVRDV Buildings monograph has been selected as one of the Best Dutch Book Designs of 2013. It is now a contender for the World Best Book Designs which will be awarded during the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2014.

February11,
2014

Rockmagneten - Denmark's new museum of rock music - moves ahead with this facade mock-up, no, its not a Photoshop! The test is already breathing life into the abandoned factory area of Unicon in Roskilde, Denmark. The museum will open it's doors in 2015. MVRDV collabora...

February04,
2014

MVRDV was chosen winner of the competition for a 14.000m2 public-private art depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Rotterdam city council will decide at the end of 2014 whether to realize the building. After winning MVRDV was disqualified from the competi...

February03,
2014

“This tunnel-shaped structure in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is designed as a hybrid between a bustling open-air market, and residential apartments. The project, by Dutch architects MVRDV, is part of the regeneration plan of the city center, which was damaged...

January28,
2014

The Pune edition of the Times of Indiawas wrapped in a cover sheet advertising the MVRDV Amanora Hills plan as a‘Temple of&nbsp;Futurism’, a‘multi-cultural habitat for a rich social life’. We could not agree more! Thefirst phase of the 370.00...

January28,
2014

MVRDV together with ADEPT and AUBE have been selected for the final round of the competition ‘One Center One Garden’ for Guangzhou Cultural Center, China. The project foresees a landscape design of 35 ha and 30.000 m2 of cultural buildings.

January24,
2014

The New York Times listed Rotterdam and the MVRDV-designed&nbsp;Dutch Markthal to be one of the Top Places to Go in 2014: 'Come October, the massive arch of the Markthal, whose interior displays 3-D food photographs, becomes the country’s first indoor food hal...

January09,
2014

2014 is the year to visit Rotterdam according to the famous alternative travel bible mentioning Markthal as one the upcoming attractions: “Rotterdam is best known for its container-clogged port, but in the past few years, more exciting projects have been dropping ...

January08,
2014

The glass facade of Markthal is underconstruction, as fine and delicate as possible to maintain maximaltransparency, which is not a luxury in the dark Dutch winter months.Construction workers on the site adjust the steel cables that will carry theglass. When the bolts a...

January04,
2014

Accordingto a study by the Norwegian Institute for Transport-Economics the relocation ofthe 12,500 jobs to the Barcode Masterplan in Oslo-Bjørvika instead of distributingthem in the city saves 6,250 car trips a day worth 110,000 kilometres. TheBarcode masterplan re...

November28,
2013

The exhibition showcases library designs from all over the world - including Spijkenisse - and is part of the Dutch-Russian Year cultural program. It concludes this Saturday, 14 December. Taking the form of mountain of books on the town''s market square, SpijkenisseR...

November27,
2013

Today,&nbsp;November 27th,&nbsp;MVRDV's new&nbsp;publication 'Book Mountain Spijkenisse – Biography of a Building' will be presented.&nbsp;The&nbsp;book is&nbsp;the second in a new experimental series&nbsp;created by&nbsp;MVRDV desc...

November20,
2013

MVRDV has won the third place of the prestigious Zaryadye Park competition in&nbsp;Moscow, with a design comprising a rich collection of 750 gardens&nbsp;which recall&nbsp;Russia's natural landscapes&nbsp;next to the Red Square and the Kremlin. MVRDV rea...

November19,
2013

Google have updated their satellite images so the Book Mountain and the Book Mountain neighborhood can be appreciated from above. It was a sunny day with the automatic sunshades in the building&nbsp;in action.&nbsp;On the market square next to the church one can...

November12,
2013

Tennisclub IJburg and MVRDV announce that permission has been granted to start construction of The Couch, a new club house for the young tennis club, which was founded in 2010 on a new artificial island in the east of Amsterdam. The roof of the 322m2 club house, designe...

November12,
2013

From the Why Factory Website: "The Why Factory proudly presents it's new website! Our new site gives a better overview on all the material, which we produced in the last years. You can browse through all the past studios and workshops, get an overview on our public...

November11,
2013

Familiar decor at the first ever YouTube Music Awards. MVRDV's Roskilde ROCKMagneten appeared live on stage as a backdrop! Visit Rockmagneten (Projects) for more info about the project, which will go on site next year.

November04,
2013

Artificial Mountains: 1600 construction workers are on site realising MVRDV's Amanora Hills Future Towers in Pune, India. The first phase of the 370.000 m2 mixed use housing complex is scheduled for completion in 2015. Rather than choose a familiar building type for thi...

October31,
2013

MVRDV's contribution to Japanese art-director and designer Kenya Hara's playful design project 'Architecture for Dogs' tries to make sense of the human-canine relationship through form. An elegant, functional object, its ability to rock gives an added element of playfu...

October28,
2013

Pushed Slab in Paris has reached its highest point which was celebrated in a top-out ceremony last Friday. The 19,000 m² office building will be completed in May 2014. The&nbsp; building is a response to stringent sustainability and spatial flexibility criteria...

October25,
2013

An updated version of MVRDV's Vertical Village Exhibition, which explores the future of east Asia's rapidly disappearing urban villages, is now on display the 10th São Paulo Architecture Biennale, until November 24th, 2013.&nbsp;"The Vertical Village explo...

October21,
2013

The interior panels of the market hall's enormous 40 metre high interior arch are starting to appear. The panels, in total 11,000 m2, are specially printed with an art piece by Dutch aritst Arno Coenen, and may in fact be the largest piece of the art in the world. Visit...

October18,
2013

Today the last elements of MVRDV’s Vertical Village Exhibition, which ran from August 1st to September 29th at the Hamburg Museum as part of the Hamburg International Building Exhibition (IBA), returned to the office in Rotterdam. The diversity of the exhibition...

October08,
2013

The exhibition will showcase over 200 pieces from the collection of The New Institute alongside special loans among which the EXPO2000 Pavilion exploring design in the Netherlands after the Second World War as part of the Netherlands-Russia Year 2013.&nbsp;'Architec...

September28,
2013

The Pillow Font Room – designed by MVRDV’s Bertrand Schippan and MichaelLabory for the MOTI Hotel exhibition which opened at the Museum for theImage in Breda. MVRDV among others was asked to design a hotel room in the theme of Milton Glaser and his I HEART N...

September17,
2013

'Behind the Green Door – Architecture and the desire for sustainability' which opened today in Oslo, explores the term sustainability and its meaning for each of the 600 objects exhibited - among which the original model of the Expo 2000 Netherlands Pavilion. The ...

September16,
2013

Today contracting company J.P. van Eesteren celebrates reaching the tallest point of the Markthal in Rotterdam with a kissing act on 40 metres height: A giant mouth was raised towards the roof and kissed the Markthal in an intense congratulation. Markthal, which is deve...

August29,
2013

A video has been made by the JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture (MVRDV's Co-Curator) of the The Vertical Village exhibition, including the&nbsp;opening, sculpture assembly, press conference and symposium&nbsp;about Taipei from 1 and 2 August.&nbsp;&amp...

August01,
2013

August 1st, 2013, today the Vertical Village exhibition opened in Hamburg Museum, the first European stop of the show that was already on display in Seoul and Taipei. The exhibition is open until the 31st of September. For more information check out&nbsp;www.hamburg...

July29,
2013

July24,
2013

On August 1st the successful Vertical Village exhibition will open in Hamburg Museum as part of the IBA Hamburg programme. The show, by MVRDV, the Why Factory and three artists/architects from Taiwan, was previously on display in Taipei and Seoul and now makes a first s...

July11,
2013

The city of Emmen has announced that investment corporation Senn BPM AG together with MVRDV are the winners of the Feldbreite competition for a housing block with 95 homes of 16 different types. The urban hybrid development combines characteristics of city dwelling R...

July05,
2013

MVRDV has been tapped to redesign a 300 m2 penthouse in an exclusive building in New York's West Chelsea district. The apartment, once renovated to a high standard, may to set a record price per square metre for the area if the supposedly 23 Million USD price tag is rea...

June26,
2013

(JUNE 26th 2013, Mannheim) Winy Maas presented a vision for a possible horticultural show as part of the transformations of former US-barracks in Mannheim, Germany. MVRDV designed a vision for the Bundesgartenschau BUGA 2023, Germany’s Federal biennial horticultur...

June20,
2013

The soon to be decommissioned Tegel Airport in Berlin will be transformed into a research and business park for urban industries. "Berlin TXL -Urban Tech Republic“ will be a new hot-spot in Berlin, an exemplary development combining ecological, economic and s...

June19,
2013

This&nbsp;morning&nbsp;King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited Almere. The mayor explained the MVRDV designed Floriade 2022 plan, on the right is the model on the floor. (image by Rob van Schooten)&nbsp;Almere Floriade&nbsp;2022...

June18,
2013

The opportunity presented by Zaryadye Paris is completely without precedent in&nbsp;a European city in the last 100 years: a&nbsp;13 Ha (130.000m2) empy space in the heart of historic Moscow. There are 16 Monuments with UN World Heritage status within 1 km of th...

June16,
2013

MVRDV Buildings: an architectural monograph evaluating built works from the perspective of their users 20 years of building production have been assembled in the first architectural monograph by MVRDV. The book critically revisits realised works. In cooperation with Ilk...

June11,
2013

Just before a Korean pop-song became a global success on YouTube for the first time in history, and Gangnam became world famous as the nouveau riche hangout of the South-Korean capital Seoul, MVRDV was commissioned by Woon Nam Management Ltd. to redefine a building on G...

June06,
2013

Studio Amsterdam is the new outpost of the Faculty of Architecture in the Dutch capital. Studio Amsterdam establishes a reciprocal relationship between TU Delft and the Amsterdam municipality. The design assignment concerns urgent issues of town planning, mixed use and ...

May17,
2013

As part of his campaign pledge to allow property to be transferred from the state to municipal government to promote the construction of social housing, Hollande visited Caen and inspected MVRDV's 600 hectare masterplan for the city. The head of state made the first sym...

May16,
2013

MVRDV and developer Provast have achieved a coveted 3 star, 'Very Good' BREEAM-NL certificate for Market Hall currently under construction in Rotterdam. The Market Hall earned the score in the category New Design. The Market Hall is an innovative&nbsp; combination o...

May14,
2013

Despite some work to continue until the end of the year the new DNB Headquarters Building in Oslo-Bjørvika was officially opened yesterday by the mayor of Oslo. The bank organised a pleasantly understated opening with Scandinavian appeal and pop music by the hip No...

May07,
2013

Alongside three other teams, MVRDV (NL) and Space Group (NO) have presented their proposal for a new masterplan for Madla-Revheim outside Stavanger, Norway. Madla-Revheim is the main development area outside Stavanger, for which MVRDV and Space Group were to implement 4...

May02,
2013

SPLA, the public development agency in charge of the transformation of Presquile de Caen, has chosen MVRDV out of 3 competitors to transform the 600ha area consisting of former industry and ports. The MVRDV plan envisions the future of Caen Presquile as a collection o...

April29,
2013

Nathalie de Vries is appointed as Professor of Construction at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at the Faculty Baukunst. The coming time she will focus with her students on artificial nature in relationship to architecture. The theme fits perfectly to the cross-discipli...

April24,
2013

Sincere Property, MVRDV and Aedas have started construction on a Central Business District at Shanghai’s mostly domestic airport Hongqiao. The 4.5ha site is located near Hongqiao Airport train station at the corner of Shenhai Express Way and Shenbin Road. The plan...

April22,
2013

"A world opens up to me..."Netherlands Minister of Housing Stef Blok was stunned during visit to MVRDV Markthal, here in discussion with Nathalie de Vries. The minister visited the construction site to discuss and experience the added value of architecture. Or...

April18,
2013

The Economic Board of Rotterdam announced that Winy Maas was made member of the board - in restrospect starting 1st of January 2013.&nbsp; Other members are representatives of cultural, social and economic institutions of the Netherlands' second city and the largest...

April15,
2013

The Masonry award 2013, Norway is awarded DNBs headquarter  the Cental building in Oslo for excellent building execution and architecture in masonry. The building receives the prize for innovative use of bricks in a tall building.&nbsp;

April12,
2013

URBAN LUXURIES: A DREAM OF URBAN SPACE INSPIRED BY THE UNTOUCHED CANADIAN NORTHIn 2010, Droog Lab ventured to the far Canadian North in search of qualities that can inspire new urban luxuries. Mental and natural qualities of the Arctic inspired five future city concept...

March27,
2013

Spijkenisse Book Mountain has been announced winner of a red dot design award, one of the worlds most acclaimed design awards. Book Mountain received a red dot for high design quality in the Architecture and Urban Design category, and was selected from 4,662 entrie...

March21,
2013

Development corporation ADIM Nord with MVRDV and de Alzua+ have been announced the winners of an urban renewal competition in the French town of Villeneuve dAscq, beating four other entries. The masterplan for a crucial site in the town centre adjacent to an inner city...

March15,
2013

Its been a while but we just found these images; Pierce Brosnan lives in MVRDV"s Frøsilo in Copenhagen!The Frøsilos feature in last year's movie Den skaldede frisør / Love is all you need (story and screenplay by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen...

January31,
2013

At MIPIMs first edition of the Innovation Forum, March 12-15th, MVRDV and The Why Factory (T?F) present their ongoing research on the design of skyscrapers and the potential of porosity as a European approach to urban density. The results are presented as scale models ...

January18,
2013

January17,
2013

Today RemBrand developers, the Town of Schijndel and MVRDV complete the Glass Farm, a multifunctional building in the village square. The building with a total surface area of 1600m2 contains shops, restaurants, offices and a wellness centre. The exterior is printed gla...

January14,
2013

MVRDV's Book Mountain in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, has been shortlisted for the Designs of the Year 2013 Award and will form part of the exhibition at Design Museum London from 20 March - 7 July. The winner will be announced in April.

January08,
2013

December20,
2012

2012: MVRDVs year of Celebrations. Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2013! Wed like to take the opportunity to thank our clients, partners, consultants, users, lovers, observers, critics and readers for their ongoing and very precious support.

December17,
2012

The central building of DNBs new bank headquarter cluster developed by Oslo S Utvikling (OSU) has just been completed. The MVRDV designed main building has 17 unique floors and a surface of 36,500m2. The pixelated volume based on small-scale working units adapts to the...

December11,
2012

French Institution Arseg (Association des directeurs de l'environnement de travail) devoted to excellent working conditions has chosen the transformed former Mustard Laboratory Teletech Campus in Dijon for the annual Award in the category Working Environment : Executio...

November29,
2012

For the 10th edition of BODW, Hong Kongs annual Business of Design Week, MVRDV and The Why Factory, a research institute established by MVRDV and Delft University of Technology, have collaborated with the Hong Kong Design Center (HKDC) to present Porous City. On the ...

November19,
2012

November15,
2012

Beagle House was designed for Architecture for Dogs, founded by Kenya Hara in conjunction with Imprint Venture Lab, to examine the relationship between humans and dogs. Dogs are peoples partners, living right beside them, but they are also animals that humans, through ...

November01,
2012

First prize in the annual best library award went to Amsterdams Public Library, but second came a small suburban institute, the Spijkenisse Book Mountain.&nbsp;The Jury praised the "phenomenal designed and iconic new library. A truly splendid building in the ce...

October15,
2012

MVRDV's new public library in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, has been nominated for the Dutch National Wood award 2012, if you want it to win please follow the link and vote for us: http://www.dehoutprijs.nl/content/publieksprijs-2012 (7th from above)

October08,
2012

Celebrations have been held in Almere after the city's sucessful bid to host the Floriade horticultural expo in 2022. Over the next 10 years, MVRDV's urban vision will be realised, including massive ground works, a wide variety of buildings and public spaces, and the pl...

September14,
2012

August07,
2012

By invitation of Director David Chipperfield, MVRDV and The Why Factory contribute to the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, entitled Common Ground. The main contribution consists of the collaborative project ‘Freeland’ forming part of the single ex...

July19,
2012

Construction of Future Towers project Amanora Hills in Pune, India is well under way. The foundations and two basement levels have been completed of MVRDV's first project in India. The first phase of Future Towers will comprise 1,068 apartments and public amenities. Com...

July16,
2012

The steel structure, 42 metre in length, has been completed. After alignment to allow a maximum of deviation of just a few millimetres, the aluminium sub structure will be constructed. The first glass panels will be placed beginning of August 2012. Watch the constructio...

July10,
2012

MVRDV has completed transformation of a disused Dijon Mustard laboratory completed in 2004 into an innovative call centre with an education centre, incubator and social program. For MVRDV it represents an exemplary project: Transformation through reuse is one of the con...

July09,
2012

July05,
2012

Ulf Hackauf, Pirjo Haikola and Gonzalo Rivas of The Why Factory received an honorable mention in the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment, Research &amp; Initiative category with the project Sunny Water Lilies. The jury award...

July03,
2012

The city of Almere presents today its plans for the Floriade 2022 candidature. Almere is one of the four Dutch cities left in the race for the prestigious garden Expo which takes place once every ten years in the Netherlands and it currently open in Venlo. The MVRDV pla...

July03,
2012

Serge Grzybowski, CEO of Icade developers and Jérôme Coumet, mayor of the 13th Arondissement of Paris, laid the first stone for the MVRDV designed office building ‘Pushed Slab’ at the development zone ZAC Gare de Rungis. The building with a surface...

July02,
2012

The glass panels of Schijndel's new Glass Farm are currently at the printers! They will be put in place from mid-August.&nbsp;The façade will be made of printed glass with the motive of a typical local farm but 1.6 times larger than life.&nbsp;The building ...

July01,
2012

June28,
2012

An XL model of the KU.BE project exhibited in front of the Danish Architecture Center DAC in Copenhagen as part of the current exhibition 'Show Me Your Model.&nbsp;DAC asked 15 Danish architecture practices to showcase their project models at different scales to inv...

June25,
2012

Welcome to the Vertical Village exhibition opened in Total Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul. In the exhibition visitors walk through a giant model of a possible Vertical Village to experience its spatial richness and three dimensionality. The show by MVRDV and the Why ...

June23,
2012

Visit the Market Hall Rotterdam this Saturday, 23 June, on the Day of Architecture! Project architect Anton Wubben will explain the beginnings of the project, the design concept and what the Market Hall will give to Rotterdam. The first presentation is already fully boo...

June19,
2012

June18,
2012

Investment corporation Sophia Sp. z o.o. and MVRDV present the Baltyk Tower, to be realised in the Polish city of Poznan. The office tower with a total surface of 25.000 m² will be located at Rondo Kaponiera at the Western entrance to the historic city and will fea...

June15,
2012

Nolympics, an exhibition about unrealised Dutch Olympic projects, initiated by the Dutch Embassy in the UK as a contribution to the International Showcase during the London Festival of Architecture 2012, presents 2 projects by MVRDV.&nbsp;NYC2012 Olymic Village - NL...

June11,
2012

Due to an overwhelming demand, the MVRDV 20 exhibition will remain on display for the duration of the Hamburg architecture festival (German: Hamburger Architektursommer) which concludes on 31st August 2012 .&nbsp; Visit 20 at byUSM, Plan 6, Hamburg - Sunday closed...

May11,
2012

Today a small retrospective exhibition of MVRDV opened at byUSM in Hamburg. The exhibition is the price given for being elected A&amp;W-Architect of the Year by the readers and online users of Germanys reputed magazine Architektur&amp;Wohnen. Winy Maas, Jacob...

May11,
2012

Rotterdams Market Hall will open its doors to the public in September 2014 according to Van Eesteren contractors who signed a 85,5 million Euro contract to complete the building above street level. The 4 levels of underground construction are currently being finalised b...

May11,
2012

April27,
2012

Good news: according to Danish newspaper Politiken funding is secured for Denmark's new rock museum in Roskilde! Doors will open in 2014. Besides the rock museum, the Rockmagneten complex will house the Roskilde Festival Folkschool and the Festival headquarters. ...

April26,
2012

April25,
2012

The Barcode House, realized in Munich in 2005, is Fast Company's House of the Week! But the editor doesn't seem to be too thrilled about it... Nine houses combined into one. Read more at www.fastcodesign.com

April20,
2012

April16,
2012

This is just a teaser!Last Saturday we had the pre-opening party of the Spijkenisse library. Next week it will open its doors to the public, the grand opening will be in October. The building is surprising, we will post more images soon.

April12,
2012

April05,
2012

MVRDV, the city of Almere and RVOB, the Governmental Real Estate Development Agency, have presented the development strategy for&nbsp; Almere Oosterwold, the eastern part of Dutch new town Almere. The development strategy titled: Estate for Initiatives is a revolu...

March21,
2012

In 1944 the small Brabant town of Schijndel which is the birthplace of Winy Maas suffered from Operation Market Garden bombings resulting in an oversized market square. In 1980 the then 20 year old Winy Maas urged the mayor to fill in the gap. Today Rembrand developers,...

February19,
2012

MVRDV has been selected to mix use tower competition in Strasbourg against Guger, Sauerbruch Hutton, Anne Demians &amp; Jacques Ferrier. The towers will be at a Presquîle Malraux port redevelopment. Competition deadline is the 15th of May, completion is envisi...

February17,
2012

February14,
2012

The fast growing City of Oslo has registered a need for a new area and a general need for providing a better and more current organization and management of the overall land use in Oslo. It commissioned a plan which must accommodate growth up to 2030, on a sustainable m...

December09,
2011

Today the Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB) and MVRDV present the master plan for Bastide Niel, a 35ha extension of Bordeaux city centre onto the right bank of Garonne River. The dense urban master plan will offer 3200 homes, offices and urban amenities, respect the ex...

December06,
2011

Yongsan Dream Hub corporation presented today the MVRDV designed residential development of the Yongsan Business district: two connected luxury residential high-rises. A 260 meter tall tower and a 300 meter tall tower are connected in the centre by a pixelated cloud of ...